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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

James 2
²³ and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness," and he was called the friend of God.
²⁴ You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
²⁵ In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
²⁶ For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
James 3
¹ Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment.
² For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.
³ Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.
⁴ Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires.
⁵ So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
⁶ And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
⁷ For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.